Lloris makes sense. He is the French national captain and a massive asset for Spurs. Lamela similarly. For all his issues at Tottenham when they snapped up the Argentine from AS Roma in 2013 he was one of Europe's most sought after talents.

But Dembele has been in-and-out of the Spurs first-team and only joined the club from modest circumstances at Fulham in 2012.

It is perhaps a reflection of what Fulham must have been paying the Belgian international, rather than what Spurs were willing to pay the player - who signed a five-year deal at Spurs in 2012.

This season has seen Dembele revitalised at the club and he is certainly starting to play to the level he is being paid by the club.

Hopefully that will continue as Spurs hope to launch a title challenge in the coming months.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.